South Gilboa Railroad Station
Why it's listed
This small railroad station on Bailey Spur Road in South Gilboa, Schoharie County, was built in 1905 by the Ulster & Delaware Railroad. It is a one-story wood-frame building on a fieldstone basement, with shingled walls, a slate hipped roof, broad eaves and scroll-sawed brackets. Inside are a passenger waiting room, a stationmaster's office with a trackside bay window, and a freight and baggage room. Its parts were prefabricated, shipped by rail and assembled on site by railroad workers. The station served travelers heading to the Catskill Mountains resort area until the line serving South Gilboa was abandoned in 1932, after the New York Central took over the railroad. It has been vacant since and is deteriorated, but it keeps its original ticket window, bench seating and varnished beadboard wainscot. It was listed as a locally significant example of early twentieth-century railroad architecture and of rail transportation in the Catskills. The former rail bed beside it is now a hiking trail.
Significance in brief: The station is a largely intact, representative example of the standardized, partly prefabricated stations the Ulster & Delaware built along its line in the early 1900s. It is also tied to the history of rail transportation and the Catskill resort trade. It was in service from 1905 to 1932.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 00000090, listed February 25, 2000. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Bailey Spur Rd., South Gilboa |
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| County | Schoharie County |
| Listed | February 25, 2000 |
| Reference number | 00000090 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1905-1932 |
| Architect / builder | Ulster & Delaware Railroad (builder); architect listed as N/A |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian/Eastlake |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Transportation, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Vacant and somewhat deteriorated; the raised wood platform remains in deteriorated condition. |
| Acreage | 2.7 |
| Coordinates | 42.41001, -74.55801 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 00000090.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7567357
- This listing as JSON
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